Rita Dominic: An African Princess
A few actresses in Africa can claim the successes that Rita Dominic has managed to achieve. She graces African movie theaters with her charm and beauty. She captures audiences with her electrifying performances in whatever role she plays. She is indeed the darling of the African movie industry as directors and often queue to secure [...]
Hillary Clinton Arrives In Kenya
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Kenya marking the first stop of a seven-nation tour in Africa. The Secretary of State will impress upon the Kenyans the U.S concern about the country in the wake of corruption scandals and the disputed 2007 elections that led to violence which left over 1.000 people [...]
Yar’Adua Orders Investigation Into Islamist Uprising
The Nigerian President, Umaru Yar’Adua has ordered an investigation into the Islamist uprising, thatleft hundreds dead. He said this would include the death of the sect’s leader, Mohammed Yusuf. Yusuf was arrested but then shot dead. Police say he was killed in a shoot-out when he tried to escape but rights groups say it was [...]
Hillary Clinton Due In Kenya Today
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, arrives in Kenya today kick starting her maiden trip to the continent which forms part of a seven-nation tour. She is expected to meet Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga as well as other government officials. But human rights groups hope Clinton will pressure Nairobi to [...]
No More Death-Row Inmates In Kenya’s Prisons
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki has announced that more than 4,000 prisoners on death row will have their sentences commted to life imprisonment. Kenya has not carried out death sentences for more than a decade now. More than 4,000 people have been on death row in the country’s overcrowded, underfunded prisons. President Kibaki said the law [...]
Ethnic Violence Leaves 185 People Dead In Sudan
One Sudanese official has reportedly said that about 185 people have been killed in ethnic violence in South Sudan The people from the Lou Nuer community had gone fishing south of Akobo town amid a severe food shortage when ethnic Murle fighters attacked them. Eleven soldiers from the South Sudan army, the SPLA, who were [...]
Patience Ozokwor: African Movie Queen
Mrs Patience Uzokwor is a popular actress who plays the role of a wicked woman so well. In fact, many people find it difficult to separate her role in drama from her actions in real life. Besides, when Uzokwor is not playing one of her negative roles, she is likely playing that of an old [...]
Mass Burial For Boko Haram Victims
There has been a mass burial of victims of last week’s Islamist uprising in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, which killed hundreds of people, a government spokesman said Sunday. “Our evacuation team has finished removing all dead bodies from the streets of the city. Families are nor forthcoming in claiming the dead bodies. Therefore, the [...]
Michael Jackson To Be ‘Buried’ In The Ivory Coast
Michael Jackson was crowned prince of the Anyi people on a visit to the country in 1992. The village has been in mourning since his death on 25 June. The villagers appealed without success to have the body returned, but since his official funeral in Los Angeles they have decided he also needs to be [...]
An Estimated 700 People Killed In Maiduguri
The head of security in Maiduguri, Col Ben Ahanotu has said that about 700 people were killed in Maiduguri and that mass burials had begun there. An earlier tally of victims of the unrest, in which police battled Islamists, put the figure at 400. Life in the affected areas is now beginning to return to [...]
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